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NTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CYRENUS S. IHUNT, OF HARWICH, MASSACHUSETTS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 249,052, dated November1, 1881.

Application filed September 28, 1881. (No model.)

To alt whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, CYRENUS S. HUNT, of Harwich,in the county ofBarnstable and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Toys, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the annexed drawings, forming partof this specification, in which- Figure l is a front elevation of myinvention; Fig. 2, a vertical sectionl of the same with the bookdetached, and Fig. 3 the book of' questions and answers.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and amusing fortune-telling toy of simple and inexpensive construction, and which shallbe readily comprchended by children.

The invention consists in a block or base provided with acase which isopen at one end, and in which is held, by means of springs, a series ofnumbered cards, which are adapted to be drawn out, severally, at random,so as -to expose the number to view, and which base is also providedwith a small book or table secured thereto, containing a series ofnumbered answers corresponding to the numerals on the cards, ashereinafter fully described.

In the drawings, A represents a piece ofcardboard, which is providedwith a small rectangular case or pocket, a, secured to its surface, nearits lower end. This case is made open at the top, and contains a Seriesot' cards or slips, b, which are secured to a block, c, in the bottornof the case, by means of elastic cords d, which are tacked to the bottomof the block before the latter is secured in place, and connected to thecards by means ot' thin metal clasps c. These clasps, which are providedwith perforations for holding the knotted ends ofthe cords, are securedto one of the lower corners of each card, in order that the center ofthe lower end of the card shall rest upon the block c, and the claspsbein alignment with the end ot' the block over which the cords are to bestretched. A small notch is cut in the end of the block c, toaccommodate the adjacent corner of the clasp. Near the upper end of thecard-board Ais provided another case, a',which is closed at each end,and provided at the top with a single perforation, f, and at the bottomwith a series of perforations, f', through which strings g, connected tothe upper ends of the cards b, are passed for the purpose of operatingthe cards. The strings are secured respectively to one corner of thecards, so as not to obstruct or conceal the numerals and picturesthereon, and are provided with rings h at their outer ends, by whichthey are to be drawn. By having all the strings to issue at oneperforation at the top it is made uncertain to which card each string isattached, and thus the drawing` of a card becomes a matter of chance. Toadd tothe amusement ofthe game it is designed that there shall bepictures on the cards of a ludicrous character. A small book, E, uponeach page of which a question and as many numbered answers thereto asthere are cards in the case are printed, is attached to the lower end ofthe card-board.

The toy is used as follows: One of the questions is asked-for instance,Shall I be happy?77 One of thecards is then drawn up by means of itsstring until its number is exposed to View, and this number indicatesthe number` of the answer in the book under the question y asked. Forinstance, if card No. 3 is drawn, the answer marked 3 under the aboveques tion will be read as the proper answer.

As my invention may be variously modified without departing from themain principle, I wish it understood that I do not limit myself to thedetailed construction above set forth, since any similar method ofdrawing the cards at random may serve my purpose as well. I design toarrange the numbers of the answers in irregular order in the book, inorder to increase the uncertainty of the game.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

l. A toy consisting of a base provided with a pocket for concealing aseries of numbered cards, which are secured therein by means of springs,and a perforated case through which strings connected to the cards arepassed for drawing the cards at random, substantially as shown anddescribed.

2. The combination, with the board A, of the pocket a, having block o,the elastic cords el, the cards b, having numbers thereon, theperforated case a', the strings g, rings h, and the book E, containingquestions and answers,

as set forth.

CYRENUS S. HUNT. Witnesses:

GORDIE. MEGATHLIN, LYDIA SMALL.

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